Thunder thrash Nuggets in decisive Game 7, advance to Western Conference Finals

The Thunder's pursuit of its first-ever NBA championship since the franchise moved to Oklahoma City remains alive While the franchise did reach the mountaintop when the band called Seattle home in the gang has yet to win a title since settling in OKC Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the band with points as OKC steamrolled the Denver Nuggets in Sunday's Encounter of the Western Conference Semifinals CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMThe - conquest punched the Thunder's ticket to the Western Conference Finals OKC will meet the Minnesota Timberwolves in the conference finals which begins on Tuesday TIMOTH E CHALAMET CELEBRATES WITH FANS IN NYC STREETS AFTER KNICKS ADVANCE TO EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALSElswehere the New York Knicks will face off against the Indiana Pacers in the NBA's other conference finals The Knicks haven t won an NBA championship since The Pacers won their the bulk up-to-date title that year in the ABA When Commissioner Adam Silver hands one of those teams the Larry O Brien Trophy next month it ll mark a league first seven championship franchises in a seven-year span There hasn t been a back-to-back NBA champion since the Golden State Warriors won in and From there the list of champions goes like this Toronto in the Los Angeles Lakers in Milwaukee in Golden State in Denver in and Boston last season It s the longest such run of different champions in NBA history Major League Baseball the NHL and the NFL have all had longer ones and not too long ago either Despite dealing with what ESPN revealed as a Grade hamstring strain Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon played on Sunday He finished the loss with points during his minutes on the court While the season is over for of the NBA's clubs the fun is just starting for the last four teams standing The Associated Press contributed to this document Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter